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05/05/2007

Overview: European Action Day for General Motors on May 3, 2007

Here is an Overview of the all the actions during the European Action Day for General Motors on May 3, 2007.

Belgium

Antwerp – Has been on strike since last Wednesday

Austria

Aspern – Stopping of production for 3 hours

United Kingdom

Ellesmere Port – Dayshift divisional meetings at 14.00 with stopping of production, Night shift divisional meetings with stopping of production at time to be determined by the night shift stewards, Amicus members stop work in the second half of all shifts, only emergency cover will be working at the weekend and on Monday 7, no employees will be working.

Luton – series of line stoppages across all three shifts, first stoppage in the morning at 8.45, late shift at 16.00 and night shift on 1.45

Germany

Bochum – Stopping of production at 12.00, mass meeting

Dudenhofen – Stopping of production at 10.00, mass meeting

Eisenach – Stopping of production at 14.00, mass meeting

Kaiserslautern – Stopping of production at 11.00, mass meeting

Rüsselsheim – Stopping of production at 10.30, mass meeting/rally at 11.00

Sweden

Gothenburg – Stopping of production at 13.00, mass meeting

Södertälje – distribution of flyers and meetings with workers in small groups

Trollhättan - distribution of flyers and meetings with workers in small groups

Spain

Zaragoza – mass meeting with rally at 12.00, “walk” through Engineering offices

France

Strasbourg – Distribution of joint leaflet of 3 unions one hour before end of morning shift, distribution will continue in the afternoon and during the night shift

Russia

Togliatti – Distribution of leaflet at the plant

Poland

Bielsko-Biala, Gliwice, Tychy – No production because of national holiday and vacation

Hungary

Szentgotthardt – Mass meeting in the plant at 13.00

hi this is Hyewon from Korea. Congratulations on the action day! I have translated some of the information I received from Wolfgang, and would like to republish it in a Korean language newsletter (that I publish about once a month for Korean workers to know what is going on abroad regardless of what company they work at). Are there any good photos from the day of action that would be okay to republish in a Korean Metal Workers' Union Korean-language newsletter (that is, something that is not copyrighted)? Or is there a photo gallery of non-copyrighted strike / rally photos from the day of action?
please add thai languages on this web site too.
Very Big Thank
Solidarity with Antwerp!

This European Action Day Overview page is a great idea because it brings forward the geographical perspective of the whole fight back effort. The local, popular news media did generate reports about the event in their publications providing moderate to average coverage. However, the national and international news outlets haven't yet issued any in-depth special reports and analysis about the fight back.

Remember that the joint demands of all GM plants and unions represented within GM are as follows:

· Guarantee of a decent volume share and the allocation of at least two products to the Antwerp plant.

· Conclusion of a European Future Agreement until 2016 for all European GM plants, including minimum standards for outsourcing.


So what are you waiting for GM people??? It's a worthwhile endeavour to visit your favourite national media online websites. While there you can identify the labour / auto industry business editors and email them your own personal story about your participation in the Action Day event. You can include your name and other contact info such as mailing address and telephone numbers in that email message as well. Many times the news people will reply to you requesting some background info for a potential story they are working on. Alternatively, you could contribute comments to related online news stories that talk about current auto industry stories as they appear, and you can mention your involvement in the Action Day event.

Wikipedia's 'List of GM factories' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GM_factories itemizes Plant Name, Location, and Product, among other details. From this list we can see the reach of the May 3, 2007 European Action Day. It's pretty impressive! Future Action Day events have the potential to get really, realy huge! This list provides a great source of regional info to help you formulate talking points when you discuss GM products, operations and future fight back strategies with your contacts in different parts of the world.

Since GM Europe did not mention the industrial action at these facilities, or defend their negotiation stance in any press releases, http://media.gm.com/eur/gm/en/news/press/pr_recent/index.html its up to the supporters of Solidarity with Antwerp to get the message out. GM car lovers know lots of people, peolpe like family, and friends, and relatives who really love GM cars too. GM car lovers love newness, they love excitement, they love things out of the ordinary. This GM worker fight back extending from Sweden to Spain, and from the UK to Russia is truly spectacular and very extraordinary! GM car people can help you spread the word about this powerful and rapidly growing worker revolt against GM Europe that you are part of.

You can send a letter, an email, a text message or even a telephone call to all your GM car contacts around the world and tell them about how you specifically contributed to this workplace action. Don't forget that your internet buddies can appreciate your dedication to defending your own rights as well as your the rights of past, current and future auto workers. Wherever your likely to mention GM products and other exciting lifestyle subjects, such as on a personal website, a blog, a chat room, an email list, a listserv, instant messaging, an auto forum, a car club message board, a peer-to-peer network, or a social networking site, you can do something extra over the next little while to help push this action further toward success. Just take a couple of minutes each time to spread the word about this GM Workers Blog http://www.gmworkersblog.com/ and the May 3, 2007 European Action Day Overview at http://www.gmworkersblog.com/european_actionday/overview_european_action_day_for_general_motors_on_may_3_2007


A great day in the young history of the EEF.
Gratulation

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